# short answer — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover short answer. Page: Feed: --- ## [can I recommend 2 people for the same job?](https://www.askamanager.org/2026/08/can-i-recommend-2-people-for-the-same-job.html) _2026-08-20 · Ask a Manager · Ask a Manager_ A reader writes: There’s about to be a job opening on my team, and I am lucky enough to know two people who could be interested and a great fit. Is it weird if I recommend both of them? We have an internal form where we can recommend people (and get a bonus if they’re \[…\] The post can I recommend 2 people for the same job? appeared first on Ask a Manager . ## [ask your behind-the-scenes questions about Ask a Manager](https://www.askamanager.org/2026/08/ask-your-behind-the-scenes-questions-about-ask-a-manager.html) _2026-08-20 · Ask a Manager · Ask a Manager_ A few years back, I answered questions about the behind-the-scenes running of Ask a Manager, and recently someone asked me to do it again. So: if you’d like to ask me a question about how the site functions behind the scenes, leave it in the comment section here. I’ll pull together a Q&A answering a \[…\] The post ask your behind-the-scenes questions about Ask a Manager appeared first on Ask a… ## [what habits have you brought home from your job?](https://www.askamanager.org/2026/08/what-habits-have-you-brought-home-from-your-job.html) _2026-08-20 · Ask a Manager · Ask a Manager_ In an open thread earlier this month, someone asked, “How do y’all find yourself using your work skills in real life? I worked retail when I was in college and I still fold clothes the way I did at that store. My friend does marketing/graphic design and she makes these elaborate, beautiful invitations for her \[…\] The post what habits have you brought home from your job? appeared first on Ask a… ## [my boss is being weird about me taking my birthday off, employee doesn’t take any ownership for her work, and more](https://www.askamanager.org/2026/08/my-boss-is-being-weird-about-me-taking-my-birthday-off-employee-doesnt-take-any-ownership-for-her-work-and-more.html) _2026-08-20 · Ask a Manager · Ask a Manager_ It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My boss is being weird about me taking my birthday off I know not everyone loves celebrating their birthday, but I really get into mine! I’ve always taken my birthday off each year since I’ve been working, and my family and friends know I like \[…\] The post my boss is being weird about me taking my birthday off, employee doesn’t take any ownership… ## [how do I move into my first office when I’m excited to decorate?](https://www.askamanager.org/2026/08/how-do-i-move-into-my-first-office-when-im-excited-to-decorate.html) _2026-08-19 · Ask a Manager · Ask a Manager_ A reader writes: After years of toxic workplaces, I am starting at what feels like a dream workplace: positive culture, fair pay, generous benefits, a genuine commitment to diversity, and an understanding that people have different working styles and ways of getting things done. I know this is a very low-stakes problem, and I am \[…\] The post how do I move into my first office when I’m excited to… ## [update: I was a public speaking coach – but I can’t speak up in meetings](https://www.askamanager.org/2026/08/update-i-was-a-public-speaking-coach-but-i-cant-speak-up-in-meetings.html) _2026-08-19 · Ask a Manager · Ask a Manager_ Remember the letter-writer who was a public speaking coach but couldn’t speak up in meetings? Here’s the update. I’m the former public speaking coach who couldn’t speak up in meetings. I’ve read a lot of these updates over the years, and so many of the letter-writers start by thanking the commenters. So it feels like \[…\] The post update: I was a public speaking coach – but I can’t speak up in… ## [coworker keeps complaining, someone went through my desk, and more](https://www.askamanager.org/2026/08/coworker-keeps-complaining-someone-went-through-my-desk-and-more.html) _2026-08-19 · Ask a Manager · Ask a Manager_ It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. How to tell a coworker to stop complaining about a situation that isn’t going to change I came across this part of an answer from you to someone who was bitter about the terms of a job changing: “Stop complaining — again, even to yourself \[…\] The post coworker keeps complaining, someone went through my desk, and more appeared first on Ask a… ## [my boss says we shouldn’t schedule email messages](https://www.askamanager.org/2026/08/my-boss-says-we-shouldnt-schedule-email-messages.html) _2026-08-18 · Ask a Manager · Ask a Manager_ A reader writes: I not infrequently schedule email messages in advance. If I’m working in the evening, I might write a message but schedule it to go out the following morning, or if I’m writing to a colleague in a different time zone I might schedule it so it arrives at the beginning of their \[…\] The post my boss says we shouldn’t schedule email messages appeared first on Ask a Manager . ## [should I offer job candidates references on me as a manager?](https://www.askamanager.org/2026/08/should-i-offer-job-candidates-references-on-me-as-a-manager.html) _2026-08-18 · Ask a Manager · Ask a Manager_ A reader writes: I supervise a small team. I try to be the type of manager I would like to have and, when I’m hiring, provide lots of info for candidates. I have started to offer candidates the opportunity to talk to others in a similar job role or to connect with the person who \[…\] The post should I offer job candidates references on me as a manager? appeared first on Ask a Manager . ## [can I have a few drinks when I’m always somewhat on call?](https://www.askamanager.org/2026/08/can-i-have-a-few-drinks-when-im-always-somewhat-on-call.html) _2026-08-18 · Ask a Manager · Ask a Manager_ A reader writes: I have a role where I’m always sort of on call. I don’t get called after hours a ton, but maybe one to two times a month. Discussions well above my pay grade continue about having a more sustainable after hours process, but for right now there are some problems for which \[…\] The post can I have a few drinks when I’m always somewhat on call? appeared first on Ask a Manager . ## [Screen Share With Real Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/OAWXYqAg2Pof) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control — open source, like Screenhero. ## [Research Portfolio](https://log.jasongodfrey.info/) _2026-07-15 · 🗂️ Mission Log_ This is a portfolio of research questions I’ve answered and the ones I’m still working on. The work clusters into three interconnected strands: education policy and data science, writing assessment and AI, and cultural analytics. ## [Kanban](https://log.jasongodfrey.info/kanban) _2026-07-15 · 🗂️ Mission Log_ not started doing What would an open standard for tutoring data look like What’s so high about tutoring anyway—dosage, quality, impact? Do cosine-similarity metrics correctly ... ## [Presentations](https://log.jasongodfrey.info/presentations) _2026-07-15 · 🗂️ Mission Log_ Conference papers, keynote talks, and invited presentations from Jason Godfrey's curriculum vitae. ## [How usable is the federal ESSER expenditure dataset for research?](https://log.jasongodfrey.info/questions/education-policy/How-usable-is-the-federal-ESSER-expenditure-dataset-for-research) _2026-07-13 · 🗂️ Mission Log_ A public correction notice for the AERA 2026 conference analysis. ## [Where Assets (and “Money”) Come From](https://wealtheconomics.substack.com/p/where-assets-and-money-come-from) _2026-06-10 · Steve Roth · Steve Roth — Wealth Economics_ Zooming all the way out, what are the mechanisms that create new assets in the world? ## [The Magnum Opus is Out](https://wealtheconomics.substack.com/p/the-magnum-opus-is-out) _2026-05-26 · Steve Roth · Steve Roth — Wealth Economics_ With much appreciation to my co-author, the redoubtable Dirk Bezemer ## [The Magnum Opus is Out](https://wealtheconomics.substack.com/p/the-magnum-opus-is-out) _2026-05-26 · Steve Roth · Steve Roth — Wealth Economics_ With much appreciation to my co-author, the redoubtable Dirk Bezemer ## [Are original films more unequal than franchise films?](https://log.jasongodfrey.info/questions/cultural-analytics/Are-original-films-more-unequal-than-franchise-films) _2026-05-12 · 🗂️ Mission Log_ Read it in Reel Metrics → Short answer: Yes — and the gap tripled in 25 years. Among U.S. wide releases (500+ peak theaters), the franchise Gini rose from 0.44 (2000–07) to 0.57 (2021–25). ## [Will new grants without measurement systems work?](https://log.jasongodfrey.info/questions/education-policy/Will-new-grants-without-measurement-systems-work) _2026-05-01 · 🗂️ Mission Log_ Read it in The 74 Million → Short answer: No — not unless we build the measurement infrastructure first. New federal education grants are about to be awarded to states that have no consistent way to track whether the money produces results. ## [Why is scaling high-dosage tutoring a measurement problem?](https://log.jasongodfrey.info/questions/education-policy/Why-is-scaling-high-dosage-tutoring-a-measurement-problem) _2026-04-27 · 🗂️ Mission Log_ Read it on Accelerate → Short answer: The instructional case for high-dosage tutoring is settled; the bottleneck is visibility. Two AERA 2026 presentations — one on what five states have learned from two years of implementation, the other on the quality of the federal ESSER expenditure record — converge on the same point: without interoperable, trustworthy data, neither states nor researchers can… ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FiK5KQNuv2lv) _2026-04-26 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [How did Disney come to dominate the box office?](https://log.jasongodfrey.info/questions/cultural-analytics/How-did-Disney-come-to-dominate-the-box-office) _2026-04-21 · 🗂️ Mission Log_ Read it in Reel Metrics → Short answer: Disney’s acquisitions of Pixar (2006), Marvel (2009), Lucasfilm (2012), and Fox (2019) roughly doubled its domestic share from ~14% (2000-07) ... ## [Mortgage Payments and the Vibecession: Homeowners’ “Cost of Living”](https://wealtheconomics.substack.com/p/mortgage-payments-and-the-vibecession) _2026-04-19 · Steve Roth · Steve Roth — Wealth Economics_ Mortgage payments are most homeowners’ biggest monthly cash outlay. And they're way up. ## [Is a More Broadly Prosperous Country a Richer Country?](https://wealtheconomics.substack.com/p/is-a-more-broadly-prosperous-country) _2026-04-14 · Steve Roth — Wealth Economics_ If you think human well-being matters, yeah. ## [Why are movies getting longer?](https://log.jasongodfrey.info/questions/cultural-analytics/Why-are-movies-getting-longer) _2026-04-06 · 🗂️ Mission Log_ Read it in Reel Metrics → Short answer: Four follow-ups to Stephen Follows’s runtime analysis using the CPRF Movie Database. Longer films have better legs but only up to about 135 minutes. ## [Does an Oscar nomination boost box office revenue?](https://log.jasongodfrey.info/questions/cultural-analytics/Does-an-Oscar-nomination-boost-box-office-revenue) _2026-03-15 · 🗂️ Mission Log_ Read it in Reel Metrics → Short answer: Nominations redirect revenue from non-nominees to nominees but do not expand the total market. A regression discontinuity design across 27 ceremony years (2000-2026) finds a market share shift of +4.1 percentage points (p=0.009) with no evidence of total market growth. ## [Does Government Military Spending “Fund” Shareholder Dividends, Buybacks, and Concentrated Wealth?](https://wealtheconomics.substack.com/p/does-government-military-spending) _2025-11-20 · Steve Roth · Steve Roth — Wealth Economics_ Short answer: yeah. The long answer is…longer. ## [Inequality Researcher David Splinter Really Doesn’t Like (or Understand) Haig-Simons Income](https://wealtheconomics.substack.com/p/inequality-researcher-david-splinter) _2025-11-06 · Steve Roth · Steve Roth — Wealth Economics_ And economists have widely ignored it, even while dubbing it the “preferred” measure of income. ## [“We Should Really Reduce National Productivity!“ (?%#&@#??)](https://wealtheconomics.substack.com/p/we-should-really-reduce-national) _2025-09-06 · Steve Roth · Steve Roth — Wealth Economics_ Are these people crazy? ## [“We can have a democratic society or we can have the concentration of great wealth in the hands of a few. We cannot have both.”](https://wealtheconomics.substack.com/p/we-can-have-a-democratic-society) _2025-07-20 · Steve Roth · Steve Roth — Wealth Economics_ Louis Brandeis says it all. Or did he? ## [A Sabbatical Origin Story](https://www.alextran.org/just-be/) _2025-06-03 · Alex Tran_ It’s weird saying, “I quit my job.” Especially since I’d been there for 14 years. It’s also my church. And I dearly love the mission, leaders, staff, culture, and the team I was on. So why would I leave? The short answer is I felt God leading me into a sabbatical season defined by the phrase “just be” from the song “Move Your Heart” by Maverick City. But before I share how that unfolded and how… ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/phqQ0VVgysjj) _2025-06-02 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Which of Piketty’s “Rich Get Richer” Theories Matters More?](https://wealtheconomics.substack.com/p/which-of-pikettys-rich-get-richer) _2025-05-14 · Steve Roth · Steve Roth — Wealth Economics_ Two explanations for The Matthew Effect ## [Trade Balances: It’s the Spending, Stupid](https://wealtheconomics.substack.com/p/trade-balances-its-the-spending-stupid) _2025-05-03 · Steve Roth · Steve Roth — Wealth Economics_ The obsession with measuring “production” results in strange misunderstandings.